Politics

TUV leader Jim Allister has criticised the PSNI’s disproportionate policing operation which targeted east Belfast bonfires, whilst deploying a “softly softly” approach to republicans attacking Protestant homes in Londonderry’s fountain estate. Mr Allister has said that recent PSNI actions were “undermining confidence in the police among many in the Unionist community”. Earlier this week the […]

Progressive Unionist Party Councillor Julie Anne Corr-Johnston has expressed her shock at the barrage of hate-filled comments and messages that she received after daring to criticise the west Belfast Feile. The Belfast City Councillor took to social media on Sunday night and posted a moderate and reasoned critique of the events taking place on the […]

Kate Hoey MP is a former Government Minister, current Labour MP and Chair of the UK all-party Zimbabwe group. A strong supporter of the union, Kate is also a key member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. By Kate Hoey MP Over the last few weeks I have escaped from the doom mongers of […]

In October 1988 the British Government introduced the controversial broadcasting ban that meant senior Sinn Fein figures such as Gerry Adams were banned from speaking on the airways, it resulted in a walkout by BBC staff who later circumvented the ban by using actors voices when interviewing people such as Adams and then party […]

Figures collated by Unionist Voice show that the Alliance Party are more than three-times as likely to issue statements attacking Unionism, than they are to issue any kind of criticism of the nationalist community. The astonishing figures, taken from the Alliance Party’s own website, provide a clear demonstration of the nationalist ethos of the party. […]

In their latest gaffe, stemming from their insatiable desire to attack every vetsiage of British identity, the Alliance Party have slammed a banner highlighting the renowned and award winning Ulster Volunteer Force Regimental band and labelled it as a “paramilitary” banner. The Alliance Party have once again stepped up their never ending war on every […]

The East Belfast Community Initiative has responded to the latest targeting of unionist identity and cultural expression by the pro-nationalist Alliance party. The Irish News’s Brendan Hughes carried the story in today’s paper, without contacting EBCI for a right of response. As a result a factually incorrect and somewhat one sided story has appeared. The […]

A back-door strategy designed to provide an avenue to restrict bonfires via the clever use of legislative provisions, and to act as a pre-cursor to an attempt to widen the legislation to also encompass parading, is set to be implemented by Council’s across Northern Ireland. A directive from the Sinn Fein controlled Department of Infrastructure […]

By Jamie Bryson 10 April 1998 was the saddest day in the history of political unionism. The Belfast Agreement, which was sold to unionists as a settlement, instead breathed into life an expansive ‘process’ which is in of itself a Trojan horse for Irish nationalism. Entwined with this process was peace, creating the moral blackmail […]

Sinn Fein’s press officer Sean Maguire has been forced to deny that there is a Sinn Fein boycott of the Nolan show, amidst increasing pressure on the party over their aggressive targeting of the media and contrived social media campaigns designed to intimidate journalists. The Sinn Fein campaign against the Nolan Show was orchestrated by Sean Maguire […]